A Review of Eslicarbazepine Acetate for the Adjunctive Treatment of Partial-Onset Epilepsy

Eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) is a novel antiepileptic drug indicated for the treatment of partial-onset seizures. Structurally, it belongs to the dibenzazepine family and is closely related to carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine. Its main mechanism of action is by blocking the voltage-gated sodium chan...

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Main Authors: Singh, Rajinder P., Asconapé, Jorge J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Libertas Academica 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663619/